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| Name: | Clach an t-Sagairt |  |
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| Type: | Chambered Cairn | ||
| NGR: | NM 806045 | ||
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| Description | |
| Simple chambered tomb consisting of three stones covered by a capstone, situated on the remains of a cairn measuring about 13m in diameter. Upright slab nearby. | |
| Only one chamber covered by a capstone remains of this monument. The cairn was probably originally circular. Ashes, bone splinters and pottery were found on excavation in 1920. It is monument-type built in the Neolithic, but the pottery was said to resemble a Bronze Age type. | |
| Excavation Details | |
| Excavated
in 1920. Finds - ashes and splinters of bone - fragments of pottery - several brass plaid-brooches |
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| Access / Ownership | |
| This site is on private land and permission should be sought. | |
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